The Natural History Museum is one of the most visited museums in the world and contains an unrivalled collection of exhibits. The collections date from the mid-eighteenth century and were started by premier London physician, Dr. Hans Sloane.

The Museum is a magnificent Victorian-style building which is described as a ‘Cathedral of Science’. The exterior of the building is decorated with stones, animals and plant, symbolizing the significance of the interior exhibits.

The museum is open seven days a week and welcomes everyone with its free admission to observe the famous exhibits of dinosaurs, human biology, ecology, British natural history, mammals, reptiles and fish, marine invertebrates and ‘creepy crawlies’.

Generasi Global students’ first stop was in the Museum’s Central Hall with a view of Charles Darwin’s famous statue at the top of the hall’s grand staircase and a fantastic backdrop to some of the highlights of the Museum’s collection including a large Diplodocus skeleton and a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia.

Most of the students were amazed by the Museum’s science mission that explored the diversity of the natural world and the processes that generate this diversity.

One of the participating students Syed Mohd Nor, currently pursuing his degree in BA (Hons) Creative Multimedia had encouraging words about the visit, saying that “this visit is extremely motivating for me, as I am really interested in history as well as science and I have got them both in one place and I gained a lot of knowledge. This would encourage me to be responsible and more cautious with the natural world.”

The students went through the Museum activities as well as its gallery experiences. They had a chance to explore all four zones: The ‘Orange Zone’ Wildlife garden and behind the scenes of the Darwin Centre; the ‘Red Zone’ Earth hall globe with its escalator and adjoining visions of earth gallery; the amazing facts about life, the planet, our environment and evolution in the ‘Green Zone’; and finally, they wondered at the amazing diversity of life on our planet in the ‘Blue Zone’.